Will J. D. Vance’s Debate Victory Matter on Election Day?

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🗓️ 2 October 2024

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The first and only Vice-Presidential Debate of the 2024 campaign was mostly cordial, but J. D. Vance's smooth performance tried to soften the sharper edges of Trumpism in a conversation that stretched from climate policy to child care, gun control, the Middle East, and January 6th. However, with polls tightening and barely a month till Election Day, can Vance’s efforts compensate for Donald Trump’s poor debate with Kamala Harris, last month? The New Yorker staff writers Clare Malone and Vinson Cunningham sit down with Tyler Foggatt to recap the Vice-Presidential debate and consider its potential impact on what may be the closest election in decades.

This week’s reading:

“Live Updates: The 2024 Vice-Presidential Debate Between Tim Walz and J. D. Vance” by New Yorker Staff Writers

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0:00.0	What could be the final debate of the 2024 election season went down on Tuesday night between
0:06.7	JD Vance and Tim Walls.
0:09.0	He is still saying he didn't lose the election.
0:11.3	I would just have that.
0:12.3	Did he lose the election. I would just say that. Did he lose the
0:13.0	2020 election? Tim I'm focused on the future. Did Kamala Harris censor
0:18.0	Americans from speaking their mind in the wake of the 20-20 COVID
0:22.3	situation?
0:23.2	That is a damning non-answer.
0:25.4	Has she...
0:26.2	Look, I think what Tim said just doesn't pass the smell test.
0:29.2	For three years, Kamala Harris went out bragging that she was going to undo Donald Trump's border policy.
0:35.3	She did exactly that.
0:36.8	We had a record number of illegal crossings.
0:38.7	We had a record number of fentanyl coming into our country.
0:41.3	Just because you have a mental health issue doesn't mean you're violent.
0:44.4	And I think what we end up doing is we start looking for a skate build.
0:48.2	Sometimes it just is the guns.
0:50.2	It's just the guns.
0:51.7	Now I'm in studio with New Yorker staff writers Claire Malone and Vincent Cunningham
0:55.8	after a marathon evening of live blogging to share our first impressions and takeaways from the debate.
1:01.7	You're listening to the political scene.
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